Miss Universe 2018 Catriona Gray crowning moment

The 24-year-old Filipina-Australian pipped South African Demi Leigh Nel-Peters for the top spot, becoming the fourth Filipina to bring home the coveted title.

Catriona Gray from the Philippines claimed the Miss Universe crown for 2018 on Monday, beating contestants from 93 other countries.

Last year's victor, South Africa's Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, then presented Catriona with the crown and sash.

Was it the "lava walk" that helped crown Catriona Gray of the Philippines as the new Miss Universe?Angela Ponce is a biological male who represented Spain in this year's competition.

Miss Philippines wins 2018 Miss Universe crown

She said: "Philippines, this is it".

Miss Universe 2018Catriona Gray. The 24-year old was born in Queensland, Australia to an Australian father and Filipino mother.

"As Miss Philippines I've always felt the love and support of the Filipino people and I think I brought half of my country here tonight".

He added that Catriona "can be considered as the modern-day Daragang Magayon." because of her "beauty, intelligence and burning passion". India's representative Nehal Chudasama did not make it to the top 20.

"The only thing I have to practice is at the very end, when I say who it is-that's the only thing I've got to get right".

But issues of tolerance and respect came centre stage during the competition when Miss USA Sarah Rose Summers appeared to poke fun at Miss Vietnam and Miss Cambodia on social media for not being able to speak English.

The contestants spent almost a month in Thailand to compete in preliminary rounds wearing elaborate national costumes, visitfamous tourist sites and even met the country's prime minister. The lava walk went insane viral, with people tagging supermodel Tyra Banks and exclaiming how proud she'd be of that heart-stopping walk and ideal twirl!

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